Taking risk is one of the hardest forms of leadership. Having the ability to go away from the status quo and try a method completely unheard of is scary. However, someone has to step up to the plate and take their best swing. Luckily for Billy Beane and his Oakland Athletics, he hit the jackpot when he took a chance which demonstrates leadership.
Moneyball tells the story of the 2002 Oakland Athletics and how they changed the game of baseball forever. The story begins with the Athletics being eliminated in the previous season, leading to the loss of a core portion of the team because they couldn’t afford them anymore being a small-market team. To combat the issue, Billy Beane, the General Manager, analyzed data and found a different way to evaluate talent at a cheaper cost which resulted in wins. The process became known as “sabermetrics” and became a fixture in every team’s front office due to the A’s success.
What the Oakland Athletics accomplished, changed the culture of baseball and teams have won championships based off the A’s way of analytical thinking. The story demonstrates leadership because it shows overcoming adversity by trusting your process. Many critics put down the Athletics’ experiment, however, those critics soon praised what Athletics were able to accomplish after they set, at the time, the American League win streak …show more content…
Moneyball changed the baseball landscape and the philosophy has produced numerous champions including overcoming two of the biggest curses in American Sports history. If Billy Beane decided to rebuild and dwell after losing his talented players, we may have never seen the moneyball philosophy take over the game. Many players would continue to be overlooked, and possibly some teams may have never adopted the approach to overcome their losing
Moneyball tells the story of the 2002 Oakland Athletics and how they changed the game of baseball forever. The story begins with the Athletics being eliminated in the previous season, leading to the loss of a core portion of the team because they couldn’t afford them anymore being a small-market team. To combat the issue, Billy Beane, the General Manager, analyzed data and found a different way to evaluate talent at a cheaper cost which resulted in wins. The process became known as “sabermetrics” and became a fixture in every team’s front office due to the A’s success.
What the Oakland Athletics accomplished, changed the culture of baseball and teams have won championships based off the A’s way of analytical thinking. The story demonstrates leadership because it shows overcoming adversity by trusting your process. Many critics put down the Athletics’ experiment, however, those critics soon praised what Athletics were able to accomplish after they set, at the time, the American League win streak …show more content…
Moneyball changed the baseball landscape and the philosophy has produced numerous champions including overcoming two of the biggest curses in American Sports history. If Billy Beane decided to rebuild and dwell after losing his talented players, we may have never seen the moneyball philosophy take over the game. Many players would continue to be overlooked, and possibly some teams may have never adopted the approach to overcome their losing